Empress Gemmei had in 714 appointed thirteen-year-old…

715 CE

Empress Gemmei had in 714 appointed thirteen-year-old Obito as crown prince.

In 715, now in her fifties, the empress abdicates in favor of her daughter Hidaka because of her age and the youth of Obito.

Obito remains as the crown prince of the new monarch, who is known as Empress Gensho.

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